5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

newlywed

hi all, hugs to all who need them.

1. Sunshine
2. A lay in
3. My slow cooker, cooking dinner without me getting hot and bothered
4. Chocolate brownies baked ready for pud
5. Bogof on carte dor icecream at sainsbugs (hence brownies)
6. Sainsbug delivery came half an hour early and everything was there
7. OH is getting fed up of all my pots of veg in the garden so is planning to do the raised bed as soon as we have the money

Ginger_Snap

SavingforOZ I'm intrigued to hear how much you ended up spending in Sainsbods-did you stick to your estimate?!
Caterina Hope you are having a gorgeous time in I of W...
Newly Wed What colour is your cistus Alan Fradd, sounds pretty and I've not heard of that one? Slowcooking today sounds brilliant idea- I cooked a roast and nearly passed out with the heat!
Kitchen bunny I can totally relate to the lack of self-esteem, mine is rock bottom most of the time. I'm so glad you are having a better day today.
Ladyhawk I've not read Jack Reacher- which one do you think I should start with?
Wogglemaker Ive been in and out of Gloucester hosp a lot over the last 2 1/2 years and understand just how grateful you feel to the wonderful staff, and how helpful the support of fellow patients is.
Sparrer Well done on your lie-in (I beat you though, see below!)
Village life We have elderflower growing at the bottom of the garden, never made the cordial...is it worth the effort and how does it taste please?
Annelouise Your duvet night sounds really snuggly now the weather is cooler for you. Please what is ketap manis??
Molly the Westie How lovely to be paid to slather yourself with lotion! Did the lotion come free,too?!
Girly Square Many thanks for the best wishes re.hospital! Hope your daughter has stopped doing your head in by now, for a while at least!

Mine for today:

1. A huge lie-in until about 10 o'clock this morning!:eek:
2. Making HM pizzas with DD and DS for lunch and them getting so much excitement and pleasure out of it. (And they tasted yummy!)
3. A no spend day.
4. Thought one of our chickens was ill, but turned out she was just trying to pass an egg without a shell.(She's had that problem before and is now right as rain again)
5. Roast for tea with HM roast potatoes, parsnip, carrots etc. Bit hot for it really but very tasty!

newlywed

Ginger_Snap wrote: »

Newly Wed What colour is your cistus Alan Fradd, sounds pretty and I've not heard of that one?

Here's a linky to someone else's pic....
http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/cistus-alan-fradd

Ladyhawk

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all having a lovely evening.

Ginger - The Reacher series is by Lee Child. I haven't read them in order but I think the first one was Killing Floor. I enjoy them - they are easy to read thrillers.

Kitchenbunny - yep my furbabes are lovely. They are really good boys... even though one of them killed a small bird while I was in Plymouth and scattered some feathers in my bathroom. Not many though (though it definitely was terminal) so I wonder where I am going to find the body... eventually! I also know exactly what you mean about the self esteem thing. About 4 years for some reason (still don't know why) my self confindence plummeted to rock bottom. I knew I wanted to leave my job but I was completely paralysed as to what to do - I was completely terrified of everything. It came to a bit of a head when I was looking at job specs and just completely broke down. We had a confidential phone line that we could call through work, which arranged some councilling for me which was very useful and I managed to pull through it. So what I really am trying to say is don't be afraid of asking for help.

1) Ordered my new glasses. They are really nice and hopefully will fit me better than my current ones. My lovely friend G came with me to give me impartial taste. He has so much more style than I do!

2) Tried to give blood but didn't bleed quickly enough so we had to give up half way though... at least I tried.

3) Chatting to my mum - she always likes me to give her a call before I go away

4) Packing for my trip to Norway. This time tomorrow I will be in the fjords.

5) My first strawberry is getting pinker!

Catch up with you all when I get back

L

PetuliaGristle

Hi all, still catching up with your pleasures, here are mine for the past three days:

Thursday
1) breakfast in bed courtesy dp
2) cuddles from dd
3) having a wander around Cabot Circus
4) catching the City Sightseeing tour bus £19 for 24hrs ticket for the three of us with dp's student card
5) enjoying an ice cream in the sunshine!

Friday
1) breakfast in bed courtesy dp
2) cuddles from dd
3) flying a £1 pound shop kite on the downs
4) visting Bristol Zoo
5) using the 24hr tour bus ticket again, and getting discount vouchers for the Blue Reef Aquarium to use another time. We would have got ones for the Zoo as well but we have annual membership

Saturday
1) breakfast in bed courtesy dp
2) cuddles from dd
3) potting up dd's basil and parsley plants
4) sowing dig in carrot seeds into a large pot, attempting to grow carrots in succession
5) three lovely sunny days

savingforoz

Ginger_Snap wrote: »

SavingforOZ I'm intrigued to hear how much you ended up spending in Sainsbods-did you stick to your estimate?!

Pretty much - I estimated £2.50 and spent £2.49! This week I'm using up stuff I already have in for all my meals, so didn't need much at all.

My 5 for today:

1. Starting the day off well with a session at the gym - makes me feel good all day long.

2. Meeting again with the lady who will be renting my house whilst I'm away and for a good while afterwards - she is looking for a 4-5 year let. She will be moving in with me as a lodger before then, which will give me extra funds for my trip. Plus she's bringing her cat with her, so I will have 3 furbabies in the house! She has no white goods so I can give her mine - I will be renting the house as an unfurnished let and that helps both her and me.

3. More of my delicious homemade chilli for tea, made with black-eyed beans rather than kidney beans. It works well and I don't think I'll use kidney beans in future.

4. Getting proactive and researching what visas and jabs I will need for my trip. Looks like I will need to turn myself into a pincushion as I need lots of jabs. Only six visas, though - thankfully most countries in South America don't require them.

5. My new tenant agreeing to look after the period sideboard that I took from my parents house when we had to sell it - I've always liked it but had nowhere to put/store it whilst away, other than paying for storage which isn't very money-saving.

All in all, a great day - hope everyone else has had a good one.

mollythewestie

Ginger Snap - Yes, the lotion was free too! I am a member of lots of product testing sites, I signed up for most of them through the freebies board on here. I can highly recommend it, most sites don't pay, but you nearly always get to keep the product afterwards. My best trial was for a hairdryer, I had to send it back after use, but they gave me £30 for testing it and giving feedback. :j
Girly square - I have just been drooling over that Carluccios menu! :drool:

Here are todays pleasures:
- A lovely warm day.
- Drying 2 lots of washing outside. Also, getting it all folded and put away too.
- Watching dog: lying in the shade, scaring off pidgeons, chasing footballs all day :rotfl:
- Doing a good deed, in getting OH's nans shopping for her.
- Made a cherry cheesecake using a new recipe from Good Food magazine.
- Now putting my feet up and watching Avatar with DH.

wogglemaker

A lovely lie in this morning.

A really lazy day after my lie in and a shower.

Our own mixed leaves in my lunch time salad.

Not too much gunk comming off my lungs

Planters and baskets filling up well and the boarders nearly finished.

Another lovely warm day.

Watching bootsie cat do a very pritty catch the fly dance and jump (but missed this time)

I hope everyone has had a good day

berniesmaster

hi all,
travelled back from cornwall today, 5 hours....eek!! numb bums all round, so......feeling a bit low knowing hols have finished, and a mountain of washing, soon to be ironing, to catch up on, and a kitchen in 1000 peices, i have turned my back on all of it for bit to catch up here.....
so, hoe all is well, and me today;
1/. seeing my kittiecats after a week,
2/. looking forward to picking up the dog from kennels tomorrow,
3/. flicking through all my lovley pictures we took,
4/. saying goodbye to the beach this morning,
5/. the bestest part of the end of the hols- my own bed tonight!!

xx

wssla00

Hello all again! Have been lazing about so sorry for the relapse!

Here are mine for the day!
1. Sitting out in the garden this afternoon- although I itched from head to foot when I came home it was worth it!
2. Managing to clean up and sort out the rubbish
3. receiving a parcel from Alan Romans with four free packets of seeds in it! Very good
4. Having a hot chocolate as a nice relaxing drink
5. Watching Victoria Wood on BBC1. Reminds me of my childhood- I used to love her stand up shows on Saturday TV

wogglemaker- Glad your lungs are feeling ok. Mine are in the midst of an annoyance- oh well, can't have looks brains charm and health I suppose :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Have a good evening folks